The latest painting in my In Our Veins series is now finished. Night Watch features a bobcat, which are adaptable and thrive in various habitats from forests to deserts. They are found throughout the Sonoran desert. The Zuni and Pawnee tribes see the bobcat as a sign of blessing. Among the Pawnee, the bobcat acts as a celestial bridge, symbolizing a connection between earth and stars. The Joshua tree, which grows despite harsh desert conditions, is seen as a symbol of hope and resilience. The beast heads are from a 17th century German book known as Aquarelle von Säugetieren, Vögeln, Insekten und Pflanzen samt deutschen Legenden (translated: Watercolors of Mammals, Birds, Insects, and Plants Together with German Legends). Night Watch is an acrylic on canvas, 12″ wide x 12″ high, and available on my website here: https://amyguidry.com/gallery/night-watch/index.html.
Happy to share two new paintings in the In Our Veins series. First is Uprooted which features an Afghan hound, one of the oldest domestic dog breeds in the world, dating back to 4000 BC, and also the first dog to be cloned. A fun little fact about this piece: the background landscape is inspired by 18th century painter George Stubbs’s The Kongouro from New Holland. Uprooted is an acrylic on canvas, 10″ wide by 8″ high, and you can find it on my website here: https://amyguidry.com/gallery/uprooted/index.html.
Next up is The Committee of Indecision which was created for Modern Eden Gallery’s Harvest exhibition. Harvest explores the symbolism of fruit and vegetables in art. The grapefruit is associated with many meanings, avoidance being one of them. This piece is an acrylic on canvas, 8″ wide by 6″ high, and available through Modern Eden Gallery’s website here: https://www.moderneden.com/collections/all/products/the-committee-of-indecision.
Revealing my most recent painting in the In Our Veins series. Equilibrium features a Japanese macaque, also known as the snow monkey, one of my favorite animals since I was a kid and obsessed with pink. The pink hues in the monkey’s face and amaryllis flowers connect the two visually while the honeybees connect all flora and fauna as promoters of biodiversity. Equilibrium is an acrylic on canvas, 6″ wide by 6″ high and currently available through LeMieux Galleries in New Orleans and via their website here: https://www.lemieuxgalleries.com/art/equilibrium-by-amy-guidry.
My painting Harmony created for Modern Eden Gallery’s MIGHTY Small Works exhibition. Harmony features a bushbaby or galago, a small nocturnal primate and is an acrylic on canvas, 4” wide by 4” high. You can view Harmony in person if you are in San Francisco now through September 3rd at Modern Eden Gallery.
Sneak preview of my current painting in progress. This piece features a Japanese macaque, also known as the snow monkey. More layers of color and detail have been added to his face. This is a cropped view- the total size is 6″ wide by 6″ high. If you’d like to know when the finished painting is online, join my newsletter at: https://amyguidry.com/contact.html.
Happy to share my new painting Relic featuring a chambered nautilus, a type of mollusk and distant relative of squid, octopi, and cuttlefish. The nautilus is known as a living fossil as similar animals existed over 500 million years ago, long before dinosaurs. The bubbles (or stars) in this piece are open to interpretation. It’s up to you whether they are bubbles in the sea or stars in the sky. Relic is an acrylic on canvas, 4” wide by 4” high, and you can view it on my website here: https://amyguidry.com/relic.html.
Happy to reveal my new painting Microcosm which is part of WOW x WOW’s new MicroVisions exhibition. This piece features an axolotl, an adorable salamander nicknamed the “Mexican walking fish.” Microcosm is an acrylic on canvas, 4″ wide by 4″ high. The exhibition is now live and you can view it at: https://wowxwow.com/microvisions-5.
Happy to share my new painting Nocturnal Beauty. It features a melanistic barn owl which are extremely rare (only 1 in 100,000). In the UK, there are only 3 known black barn owls, all of which live in sanctuaries. Nocturnal Beauty is an acrylic on canvas, 10″ wide by 10″ high, and you can view it on my website here: https://amyguidry.com/nocturnal-beauty.html.